Published on April 16, 2025 9:06 am
Last Updated on April 16, 2025 9:13 am
Max Flack drove in five runs on four hits to lead Effingham High School past Richland County, Olney 11-7 Tuesday in high school baseball.
Flack tripled in the third, scoring three runs, then doubled in the sixth scoring two more. He singled in the fifth, scoring a run.
Richland County moved into a 1-0 lead in the top of the third but that didn’t last long as the Hearts came back with five in the bottom of the frame.
Flack finished with two singles, a double, triple and five RBI. Max Seachrist chipped in with two doubles and an RBI while Wyatt Hayes added a double and Andrew Wagoner two singles and an RBI. Jude Traub chipped in with a single and two RBI.
Flack also earned the win on the mound. The starter allowed two hits and three runs over four innings, striking out two and walking two.
Effingham is back in action Thursday hosting North Clay in a game that will be heard on KJ Country 102.3.
In a junior varsity contest, Effingham trounced Paris by a 12-2 tally.
The Hearts had 12 hits spread among 10 players. Hayes led the way with a double while J. Warner had two singles and an RBI, C. Kalber and J. Wendt had a single and two RBI each W. Hecht added two singles and A. Leonard and L. Harper had a single and an RBI each.
At Effingham
Richland Co. 001 022 2 — 7- 7-0
Effingham 005 015 x — 11-12-2
WP — Flack. LP — Hires.
Richland County — Blank, single, 1 RBI; Hires, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Root, 2 singles, double 1 RBI; Sanders, double, 2 RBI
Effingham — Wagoner, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Braddy, single; Traub, single, 2 RBI; Seachrist, 2 doubles, 1 RBI; Flack, 2 singles, double, triple, 5 RBI; Bushur, single; Hayes, double
Junior Varsity Game
Paris 100 10 — 2- 3-2
Effingham 036 3x — 12-12-1
WP — Feldhake. LP — Kirby.
Paris — Kirby, 2 singles; Rhodes, single; Dalbey, 1 RBI
Effingham — Wendt, single, 2 RBI; Hecht, 2 singles; Schuette, single; Hayes, double; Warner, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Feldhake, single; Leonard, single, 1 RBI; Nelson, single; Kalber, single, 2 RBI; Harper, single, 1 RBI
At Okaw Valley
Neoga improved to 10-3 on the season with an 11-7 victory over Okaw Valley Tuesday.
The two teams played to a 1-1 opening inning tie. Okaw Valley moved into a 3-1 lead in the third but Neoga tied in the top of the fifth.
The Indians moved ahead with a six-run sixth and finished with two in the seventh.
Neoga had nine hits led by Carter Young with a triple, home run and five RBI. Cayden Hakman added a single and double, Garrett Ballinger a triple and an RBI and Malik Coy and Kanen White two singles and two RBI each. Landon Titus finished with an RBI.
Titus started the game and went four innings with Okaw Valley ahead 3-1. Ballinger then went 1.2 innings, giving up two runs on one hit, two walks while striking out four. Grady Haarman came on to finish out the 1.1 innings.
At Okaw Valley
Neoga 100 026 2 — 11-9-7
Okaw Valley 102 002 2 — 7-6-3
WP — Ballinger. LP — Montgomery.
Neoga — Young, triple, home run, 5 RBI; Titus, 1 RBI; Hakman, single, double; Coy, 2 singles, 2 RBI; White, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Ballinger, triple, 1 RBI
Okaw Valley — Vanausdoll, triple, home run, 2 RBI; B. Montgomery, single, 1 RBI; Forlines, single; T. Montgomery, single; Bell, double, 2RBI
At Teutopolis
Teutopolis improved to 13-1 on the spring season by blanking Robinson, 11-0 in five innings Tuesday.
Davin Worman picked up his fourth pitching win. Worman went 3.2 innings, allowing one hit, no walks and striking out eight.
Meanwhile, the Wooden Shoes had eight hits. Michael Niebrugge finished with two singles and three RBI while Gavin Addis had a double. Austin Borries, Carter Hoene, Henry Thompson and Aidan Niemerg ended with a single and an RBI each.
Next up is a Thursday game at home hosting Dieterich.
At Teutopolis
Robinson 000 00 — 0- 1-7
Teutopolis 211 7x — 11-8-0
WP — Worman. LP — Turner.
Robinson — Hoalt, double
Teutopolis — Niebrugge, 2 singles, 3 RBI; Borres, single, 1 RBI; Kreke, single; Hoene, single, 1 RBI; Thompson, single, 1 RBI; Addis, double; Niemerg, single, 1 RBI
At Dieterich
Newton took a 2-0 opening inning lead and went on for an 8-4 victory over Dieterich Tuesday.
The Eagles finished with seven hits and was aided by three Dieterich errors.
Quincy Fulton banged out three singles and drove in a run while Drake Wolf, Logan Ochs and Jackson James had a single and an RBI each. Carter Barthelme and Kohlten Barthelme added an RBI each.
Dieterich was led by Dom Ashley with two singles and three RBI.
Hayden Mulvey went 6.2 innings, giving up four runs on six hits, six walks while striking out three.
At Dieteich
Newton 202 200 2 — 8-7-0
Dieterich 000 002 2 — 4-6-3
WP — Mulvey. LP — Meinhart.
Newton — Ferguson, single; Fulton, 3 singles, 1 RBI; D. Wolf, single, 1 RBI; C. Barthelme, 1 RBI; K. Barthleme, 1 RBI; Ochs, single, 1 RBI; James, single, 1 RBI
Dieterich — Funneman, single; Boerngen, single; Hall, single; Westendorf, single; Ashley, 2 singles, 3 RBI; Baxter, 1 RBI
At Louisville
North Clay tallied an 11-1 win over Mount Carmel Tuesday.
At Brownstown
Oblong/Palestine/Hutsonville came calling and picked up a 7-4 win over Brownstown/St. Elmo Tuesday.
OPH edged out to a 2-0 opening inning lead. Both teams scored a single run in the third. BSE tied the score at 3-3 in the fourth. But OPH went ahead again with two runs in the top of the sixth. BSE pulled within 5-4 in the sixth. OPH then tallied its final two runs in the sixth.
BSE had two hits by Dodge Willms and Nolan Wilhour. Willms added an RBI.
BSE is now 3-8 on the season and returns to action Thursday against Cisne.
At Brownstown
OPH 201 022 0 — 7-9-1
BSE 001 210 0 — 4-2-3
WP — none listed. LP — Hoopingarner.
OPH — no hits listed
Brownstown/St. Elmo — Wilms, single, 1 RBI; Wilhour, single
At Effingham
In a junior varsity contest, Effingham St. Anthony captured a 10-1 victory over Altamont
The Bulldogs held a 1-0 opening inning lead then added on five in the second and four in the sixth. Altamont’s lone run came in the sixth.
St. Anthony had 11 hits led by Freddie Jansen with a triple, Will Bierman and Nash Wernsing with two singles and an RBI each. Will Vonderheide added two singles. Jonny Gannaway had a single and two RBI and Chase Dorris, Connor Storm and Quintin Stephens tallied a single and an RBI each.
Altamont had two hits, a double by Cooper McManaway and a single by Reed Stuemke.
At Effingham
Altamont 000 001 0 — 1- 2-2
St. Anthony 150 004 x — 10-11-1
WP — Spour. LP — Beccue.
Altamont — McManaway, double; Stuemke, single
St. Anthony — Vonderheide, 2 singles; Bierman, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Dorris, single, 1 RBI Gannaway, single, 2 RBI; Stephens, single, 1 RBI; Jansen, triple; Wernsing, 2 singles; Storm, single, 1 RBI